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Read_751 - Decentralization: Why Dumb Networks Are Better [Andreas Antonopolous]
"Some networks are “smart.” They offer sophisticated services that can be delivered to very simple end-user devices on the “edge” of the network. Other...
Read_749 - Economics of Bitcoin as a Settlement Network [Saifedean]
"The obsession with consumer payments in the Bitcoin community is an unfortunate relic of the fiat money era. Generations that have only known monetary...
Read_750 - Capital in the 21st Century [Allen Farrington]
"To do our best to minimize the economics jargon once again, we might simply ask: what are you going to do with your time?...
Read_748 - Bitcoin & the Rise of the Cypherpunks [Lopp]
"While many of the innovations in the space are new, they’re built on decades of work that led to this point. By tracing this...
Read_747 - The Bondholder's Burning Platform [Croesus]
"Since 1800, in 51 out of 52 cases where a country’s debt-to-GDP ratio reached 130%, the country eventually defaulted. The only exception is current...
Guy's Take #68 - Lightning & the Ai Economy
Ai agents are going to be able to seek out, delegate, and pay for micro services from an ecosystem of other agents & services....